Geological controls on focused fluid flow through the gas hydrate stability zone on the southern Hikurangi Margin of New Zealand, evidenced from multi-channel seismic data

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1915-1931

  Crutchley, G J ^a   Gorman, A R ^a   Pecher, I A ^b,c   Toulmin, S ^c   Henrys, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticline; Blanking zone; Fluid flow; Gas hydrate; Hikurangi Margin; Waveform inversion

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; BLANKING ZONE; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTION; FLUID FLUXES; FREE GAS; FULL-WAVEFORM INVERSION; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HIGH VELOCITY; HIKURANGI MARGIN; HYDRATE STABILITIES; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; NEW ZEALAND; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC PROCESSING; TRUE AMPLITUDE; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

ASSOCIATED GAS; DEPOSITS; GAS HYDRATES; GASES; HYDRATION; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

ADVECTION; ANTICLINE; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEAFLOOR; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HIKURANGI MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 82455218944     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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